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Nearly two months after the Battles of Lexington and Concord, British troops in Boston were under siege by the rebel American colonial militia. When the rebels learned of British plans to break out of the city and seize higher ground, colonial forces beat them to it. Originally ordered to fortify Bunker Hill, the militia's decision to build an entrenchment on neighboring Breed's Hill triggered a British attack. The British Regulars prevailed, but American forces proved their mettle.
In this #ArchivesRoadtoRevolution highlight, curator Corinne Porter discusses British and American casualties in one of the deadliest battles of the Revolutionary War.
Learn more: visit.archives.gov/whats-on/explore-exhibits/mobilizing-revolutionary-war
đź“·: The Battle of Bunker Hill, June 1775. Copy of engraving by James Mitan after John Trumbull, published in 1808. Records of Commissions of the Legislative Branch. National Archives Identifier 532897
đź“ś: Return of British casualties at Bunker Hill, July 11, 1775. Records of the Continental and Confederal Congresses and the Constitutional Convention. National Archives Identifier 485331820
đź“ś: Return of the Number of Americans Killed, Wounded, and Missing in the Engagement at Bunker Hill, July 1775. Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention. National Archives Identifier 485331814
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Nearly two months after the Battles of Lexington and Concord, British troops in Boston were under siege by the rebel American colonial militia. When the rebels learned of British plans to break out of the city and seize higher ground, colonial forces beat them to it. Originally ordered to fortify Bunker Hill, the militia's decision to build an entrenchment on neighboring Breed's Hill triggered a British attack. The British Regulars prevailed, but American forces proved their mettle.
In this #ArchivesRoadtoRevolution highlight, curator Corinne Porter discusses British and American casualties in one of the deadliest battles of the Revolutionary War.
Learn more: visit.archives.gov/whats-on/explore-exhibits/mobilizing-revolutionary-war
đź“·: The Battle of Bunker Hill, June 1775. Copy of engraving by James Mitan after John Trumbull, published in 1808. Records of Commissions of the Legislative Branch. National Archives Identifier 532897
đź“ś: Return of British casualties at Bunker Hill, July 11, 1775. Records of the Continental and Confederal Congresses and the Constitutional Convention. National Archives Identifier 485331820
đź“ś: Return of the Number of Americans Killed, Wounded, and Missing in the Engagement at Bunker Hill, July 1775. Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention. National Archives Identifier 485331814
@ArchivesFoundation
@America250 #America250
